Cardiac rhythm management system providing control of pacing features with a reduced number of variables
First Claim
1. A cardiac rhythm management system, comprising:
- at least one module; and
a communication unit configured to transmit to the at least one module a single maximum pacing rate signal associated by the at least one module with a single maximum pacing rate for a plurality of pacing processes and an offset signal associated by the at least one module with an offset from the single maximum pacing rate for a pacing process of the plurality of pacing processes, wherein the transmitted maximum pacing rate limits at least two of the plurality of pacing processes and the transmitted maximum pacing rate, as offset by the offset, limits the pacing process of the plurality of pacing processes.
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Abstract
A cardiac rhythm management system includes techniques for reducing the number of programmable variables associated with maximum pacing rate so that fewer variables are programmed and a reduction in possible parameter conflict is achieved. In an embodiment, a maximum pacing rate parameter replaces a plurality of conventional, separately programmable pacing parameters. For example, maximum tracking rate, maximum sensor rate, rate smoothing maximum pacing rate, atrial pacing preference maximum pacing rate, and ventricular rate regulation maximum pacing rate are replaced by a single maximum pacing rate with, if necessary, a sensor offset and an atrial pacing preference offset. In another example, rate smoothing maximum pacing rate, biventricular trigger maximum pacing rate and ventricular rate regulation maximum pacing rate are replaced by a single maximum pacing rate.
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19 Claims
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1. A cardiac rhythm management system, comprising:
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at least one module; and a communication unit configured to transmit to the at least one module a single maximum pacing rate signal associated by the at least one module with a single maximum pacing rate for a plurality of pacing processes and an offset signal associated by the at least one module with an offset from the single maximum pacing rate for a pacing process of the plurality of pacing processes, wherein the transmitted maximum pacing rate limits at least two of the plurality of pacing processes and the transmitted maximum pacing rate, as offset by the offset, limits the pacing process of the plurality of pacing processes. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A cardiac rhythm management system, comprising:
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at least one module; a communication unit configured to transmit to the at least one module a single maximum pacing rate signal associated by the at least one module with a single maximum pacing rate for a plurality of pacing processes and an offset signal associated by the at least one module with an offset from the single maximum pacing rate for a pacing process of the plurality of pacing processes, wherein the transmitted maximum pacing rate limits at least two of the plurality of pacing processes and the transmitted maximum pacing rate, as offset by the offset, limits the pacing process of the plurality of pacing processes; and a memory adapted to store which of the plurality of pacing processes requires the offset from the single maximum pacing rate. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16)
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17. A cardiac rhythm management system, comprising:
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at least one module; a wireless communication unit configured to communicate to the at least one module a single maximum pacing rate signal associated by the at least one module with a single maximum pacing rate for a plurality of pacing processes and an offset signal associated by the at least one module with an offset from the single maximum pacing rate for a pacing process of the plurality of pacing processes, wherein the transmitted maximum pacing rate limits at least two of the plurality of pacing processes and the transmitted maximum pacing rate, as offset by the offset, limits the pacing process of the plurality of pacing processes; and a memory adapted to store which of the plurality of pacing processes requires the offset from the single maximum pacing rate. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19)
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